PiedPiperPluto
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Post by PiedPiperPluto on May 1, 2012 17:14:01 GMT -8
It was more a pronunciation thing than an actual statement, but two different people in my class mispronounced the word 'opera' the same way.
Now, it's a foreign language class. This might have been excusable if not for the fact that they were doing a presentation in English.
From the same class, two different people pronounced "Molise" as "Moslie". Okay, I can understand mixing up something like that if you're just reading it for the first time, but... if you're doing a presentation on a region, you should at least know how to pronounce the region's name.
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Post by Too Funk to Druck{Truthiness} on May 1, 2012 19:00:02 GMT -8
"I didn't believe her because why would someone abuse their girlfriend?"
...honey noooo
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 14:16:08 GMT -8
"Africa is a large country." Wait, that's not the worst of it. I told this to my mother and had this conversation: Her: Yeah, so? Me: It's not a country. It's a continent. Her: Oh, that's nitpicking.
On the Civilization series: "I don't think Ethiopia should be in it, because not many Ethiopians play Civ." As opposed to the large number of Babylonian players.
And finally: "I agree with capital punishment in schools."
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Zax
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Post by Zax on May 3, 2012 19:50:36 GMT -8
And finally: "I agree with capital punishment in schools." If they meant deducting points for incorrect capitalization, I'd agree with it, too. >.>
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Post by watersheerie on May 3, 2012 20:07:52 GMT -8
Discussing philosophy with a co-worker. A different co-worker over-hears us and immediately jumps in:
"You guys talking about philosophy? That's always an interesting subject. 'Course you have to be careful with philosophy, that's something that can easily be misused."
WTF? Philosophy is something that can easily be misused? More like something that can easily be misunderstood.
Mind you, this is the same guy who complained about other co-workers speaking in Spanish to one another. He didn't want them to do that because; "they might be saying bad things about me."
To round out the fuckery; he's studying to be a pastor. I hope people in his church only speak English.
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Captain Victoria
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Post by Captain Victoria on May 5, 2012 6:46:30 GMT -8
And finally: "I agree with capital punishment in schools." If they meant deducting points for incorrect capitalization, I'd agree with it, too. >.> Ba-dum-tsh Here's another stupid thing: "Oh, you two are going to [school function here]? You must be dating!!!1" Happened to my friend. Our friend and his girlfriend broke up, so she and him are going to this school thingamajig (with others in our entourage), and my friend's mum is convinced they're dating...and she told all her friends that her daughter's dating this dude. Despite her daughter's assertion that they're not. Because he needs space. And they're not dating.
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Damasca
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Post by Damasca on May 6, 2012 4:59:06 GMT -8
Oh please let this be a troll and not some moron who actually believes this. Someone whose religious, please assure me that this is a wrong view for a religious person to have.
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Captain Victoria
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Post by Captain Victoria on May 6, 2012 7:02:23 GMT -8
I... hope that's a Poe, or someone summing up views they've run into.
"An angel filled my tyres at a Shell station". lolololololol
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Zax
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Post by Zax on May 6, 2012 7:50:45 GMT -8
Oh please let this be a troll and not some moron who actually believes this. Someone whose religious, please assure me that this is a wrong view for a religious person to have. By the "grammar" of the post, I'd say it's certainly a moron. ...although I'm also aware that there really are people who believe it. It's even pretty clear in the Bible that not all bad things happen for the sake of "punishment."
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Post by writer wannabe on May 6, 2012 9:49:39 GMT -8
It's even pretty clear in the Bible that not all bad things happen for the sake of "punishment." Yup. Some bad things happened because people were doing them on their own free will. I have to wonder if nutjob Christians forget that.
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shiko
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Post by shiko on May 6, 2012 10:11:31 GMT -8
It's even pretty clear in the Bible that not all bad things happen for the sake of "punishment." Yup. Some bad things happened because people were doing them on their own free will. I have to wonder if nutjob Christians forget that. "Don't turn around or I will turn you into a pillar of salt." "-turns around-" "Well shit son... -turns the person into pillar of salt-"
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Zax
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Post by Zax on May 6, 2012 10:32:44 GMT -8
It's even pretty clear in the Bible that not all bad things happen for the sake of "punishment." Yup. Some bad things happened because people were doing them on their own free will. I have to wonder if nutjob Christians forget that. There was also that one incident where people were saying that a guy was blind because of some secret sin done by either him or his parents, and Jesus told 'em all to shut it 'cause it was simply so He could heal the guy and show His power. That is, it wasn't because of something bad done but rather that something good could come from it.
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Post by My Name Is Potato [Frees] on May 7, 2012 19:13:12 GMT -8
"In the wound I left you was a poison, a poison that makes you die"-from a comic one of my friends was reading on dA. Now that's quality writing, people.
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Captain Victoria
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Post by Captain Victoria on May 7, 2012 20:50:13 GMT -8
^ You know what I thought when I read that quote? "A leg cramp! In my leg!"
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Post by flamingninja7 on May 10, 2012 21:02:29 GMT -8
A student in another history class gave the world this profound and stimulating question:
"Is Islam a country?" Our ever-so-amazing sub told her to look for it on a map which she did for a good five minutes before losing interest.
Head hurts now, taking a nap.
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Post by KeyOfTheTwilight on May 20, 2012 1:03:20 GMT -8
Costomer: 'So, what are the prices for the size?" *wonders what drink he'll get*
Worker: "The prices of the sizes are on the board." *Explains as she points at the size of cups*
Costomer: "Oh. What are the sizes?"
Me: *Gets annoyed*
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2012 9:24:04 GMT -8
"Pasta is for gay people and weridos" Courtasy from brother
oh and this "lasagna is not an pasta it is an cake"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2012 8:02:48 GMT -8
After Amendment One passed in North Carolina (yet another reason for me to hate this state), I started reading articles about companies that were against it. One of these was Replacements, Ltd., a NC-based company that's run by an openly gay man (who's committed to another man and has adopted two kids). He started getting hate mail from former customers. Some even explained why they could no longer support his business. Here's one of the more breath-takingly stupid reasons (and I'm paraphrasing here):
"My daughter is in a wonderful marriage with a man. If gay marriage were legalized, she would be tempted into the lesbian lifestyle. So I can't support your store anymore."
Bitch, gay marriage doesn't have to exist for your daughter to be "tempted to the other side". Lesbians have always existed, and if you're that worried about your daughter's sexuality, then she was struggling with temptation to begin with. And stop obsessing over what your grown daughter does with her vagina, you sicko. For that matter, stop obsessing over what ANYONE does with their nether-regions.
But that's not as stupid as what one of my husband's co-workers said years ago. The guys were on their break, shooting the breeze when the conversation turned to things they've done for their wives and girlfriends. Namely, getting them pads or tampons. One idiot said he would never do that because "I don't want people thinking I'm gay!"
I was speechless for a couple of minutes while I tried to figure out the stupid logic behind that.
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Post by KeyOfTheTwilight on Jun 18, 2012 23:30:57 GMT -8
I was at work one day. At a mall called Oakridge. At Orange Julius. Which is deep in the mall at the food court, a lady went up to me and asked, "Excuse me? Is this Oakridge mall?" And I said, "Yup!" Then she leaves. At first I didn't think much of the question until milliseconds later, that she just asked the most stupidest question ever. I mean, how long has she been wandering around the mall without noticing the many signs that says "Welcome to Oakridge Centre" everywhere in the mall?
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Post by yaelxyz on Jun 21, 2012 4:03:06 GMT -8
A kid in my grade said this to my friend (who is an atheist): "You atheist, go pray to Jesus!" I facepalmed. I get that atheism is really uncommon here, but the ignorance about different religions here is pretty bad.
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Post by Story Keeper on Jul 22, 2012 23:16:24 GMT -8
"What's an equation?" "What's an alpha-male?"
Heard both of the in maths today. ¬_¬
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Jul 23, 2012 0:42:49 GMT -8
"Bugs aren't animals! Everyone knows that!"
*headdesk* Better alert the scientists then!
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shiko
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Post by shiko on Jul 23, 2012 14:37:49 GMT -8
"You can't just decide a genre of music weird if it's not American." "Yes, you can." FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-
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Post by SkeksisGirl on Jul 23, 2012 21:13:50 GMT -8
"People HAVE to do stupid things to advance the plot of the movie." From an idiot who thinks that Prometheus was the BEST MOVIE EVER and unless you are a big name filmmaker you have no right to criticize it.
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Post by My Name Is Potato [Frees] on Aug 4, 2012 8:36:35 GMT -8
"What if Sherlock was set in the Victorian era?" Oh, Tumblr...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2012 17:17:43 GMT -8
"People HAVE to do stupid things to advance the plot of the movie." From an idiot who thinks that Prometheus was the BEST MOVIE EVER and unless you are a big name filmmaker you have no right to criticize it. He is kind of right though.
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Post by Zax on Aug 7, 2012 6:03:37 GMT -8
"People HAVE to do stupid things to advance the plot of the movie." From an idiot who thinks that Prometheus was the BEST MOVIE EVER and unless you are a big name filmmaker you have no right to criticize it. He is kind of right though. In that it was a movie, yes. All else, no.
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Post by SkeksisGirl on Aug 7, 2012 12:52:17 GMT -8
"People HAVE to do stupid things to advance the plot of the movie." From an idiot who thinks that Prometheus was the BEST MOVIE EVER and unless you are a big name filmmaker you have no right to criticize it. He is kind of right though.
No... he is not right. Your characters do not have to be idiots to advance a plot. They can be smart and the plot can still go forward.
If a vampire hunter that knows everything about hunting vampires, is the leading expert in hunting vampires, does a rookie mistake... it is bad writing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2012 17:02:34 GMT -8
He is kind of right though.
No... he is not right. Your characters do not have to be idiots to advance a plot. They can be smart and the plot can still go forward.
If a vampire hunter that knows everything about hunting vampires, is the leading expert in hunting vampires, does a rookie mistake... it is bad writing.Sometimes the plot can only be advanced by stupidity. Oh yeah and: BITCH I'M RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG! (that was a joke)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2012 17:07:33 GMT -8
The level of condescending coming from this thread is astonishing. Possibly homosexual? Must investigate further.
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